Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars
Deimos and The Resurrection of Mars consistute a two-part audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions.
| Deimos | |
|---|---|
| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Range | Eighth Doctor Adventures |
| Release no. | 4.05 |
| Featuring | Eighth Doctor Tamsin Drew |
| Written by | Jonathan Morris |
| Directed by | Barnaby Edwards |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs |
| Production code | BFPDWCDMG029 |
| Release date | October 2010 |
| The Resurrection of Mars | |
|---|---|
| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who |
| Range | Eighth Doctor Adventures |
| Release no. | 4.06 |
| Featuring | Eighth Doctor Tamsin Drew Lucie Miller |
| Written by | Jonathan Morris |
| Directed by | Barnaby Edwards |
| Executive producer(s) | Nicholas Briggs |
| Production code | BFPDWCDMG030 |
| Release date | November 2010 |
Plot
Deimos
On the Martian moon Deimos, the Ice Warriors sealed themselves away when their planet was rendered inhospitable. By the 23rd Century, they were believed to be extinct and Mars and its moons became popular tourist destinations for humans. But now the Ice Warriors are awake. And they want Mars back.
The Resurrection of Mars
The Ice Warriors are willing to kill every human colonist on Mars in order to reclaim it. And someone is threatening to disrupt the Web of Time for what they believe to be the greater good. The Doctor has to make a difficult choice. And his companion does not agree with him.
Cast
- The Doctor – Paul McGann
- Tamsin Drew – Niky Wardley
- Professor Boston Schooner – David Warner
- Margaret – Susan Brown
- Temperance Finch – Tracy-Ann Oberman
- Harold – Nick Wilton
- The Ice Warriors – Nicholas Briggs
- The Ice Warriors/Gregson Grenville – Nicky Henson
- Pilot – Jack Brown
- Lucie Miller – Sheridan Smith
- The Monk – Graeme Garden
Continuity
Deimos
- The Eighth Doctor visited Mars' other moon in Phobos.
- The Doctor mentions witnessing the environmental destruction of Mars (The Judgement of Isskar).
- The humans believe the last of the Ice Warriors burned up in the Sun (The Seeds of Death).
The Resurrection of Mars
- Lucie stopped traveling with the Doctor in Death in Blackpool. The Monk's advertisement that she responded to was predominantly featured in Situation Vacant. Between Death in Blackpool and The Resurrection of Mars, the only story Lucie was heard in was The Book of Kells, but she did not directly encounter the Doctor.
- Lucie mentions that she visited the Sensorites with The Monk.
- The Monk's TARDIS console was damaged after Tamsin tricked him into taking the wrong directional circuit in The Book of Kells.
- The Monk's SEP filter is a reference to Douglas Adams' novel Life, the Universe and Everything, which featured a space ship equipped with a Somebody Else's Problem field. It is similar to the Perception filter, which is often mentioned in the newer Doctor Who television stories.
- Tamsin and the Monk return in Lucie Miller / To the Death.
Broadcast
Deimos was broadcast on digital radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra on 11 Jan 2013;[1][2] The Resurrection of Mars was similarly broadcast three days later.[3][4] Each was an hour-long episode.
The Resurrection of Mars cover image
The preview cover image differs from the cover included with the physical disc; the true cover reduces the size of the Ice Warrior image to focus on Lucie and the Monk, and it does give cover credit to their portrayers, Smith and Garden.
References
- "Doctor Who on BBC Radio 4 Extra". bbc. Retrieved May 2013. Check date values in:
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